Permeability Calculations in Three-Dimensional Fiber Networks

摘要: The study of creeping flow in fibrous media is considerable interest many biological and biomedical applications. There little work, however, on permeability calculations three-dimensional random networks. Computational power now sufficient to calculate permeabilities directly by constructing artificial fiber networks simulating through them. Even with today’s high-performance computers, such an approach would be infeasible for large simulations. It therefore necessary develop a correlation based volume fraction, radius orientation, preferably incorporating previous studies isotropic or structured In this the direct were performed, using finite element method, varying degrees combinations results parallel perpendicular single array thereof, averaging theory, compared detailed analysis.Copyright © 2008 ASME